# Road traffic death rate

Estimated road traffic deaths per 100,000 population (SDG indicator 3.6.1), from WHO's Global status report on road safety.

## Key facts

- Road traffic death rate in the United States was 14.2 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization.
- Guinea had the highest road traffic death rate of 195 countries in 2021, at 37.4 per 100,000 people, and Niue the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 195 places, with figures from 2021 to 2021.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `road_traffic_death_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Note: WHO estimates built from death registration or modelled where registration is incomplete, so they differ from police counts. WHO publishes 2021 only. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/road-traffic-death-rate
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/road_traffic_death_rate

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | per 100,000 people | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2021 | 14.2 | World Health Organization, data.who.int. Road traffic mortality rate (per 100 000 population) (RS_198) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/B9D9E6A/D6176E2 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-traffic-death-rate/countries.md) (195 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/road-traffic-death-rate/eu-countries.md) (27 places)